MAP: The Most Popular Attraction In Each American State

A Reddit user by the name of “Midwester” recently sat down and constructed a map that showed off the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. Surprisingly, the top tourist destination in America was not Disney, Times Square, or the Grand Canyon. The top spot is actually held by the Mall of America in Minnesota, which attracts a whopping 40,000,000 people per year.

The states colored pink each have at least one spot that is visited by more than 10,000,000 people in an average year.

Worth noting is the fact that each state is represented at least once on this map, so it probably isn’t a perfect representation of the fifty most popular attractions in the country. For instance, Niagara Falls is left off the list because New York’s spot on the map is occupied by Times Square. Even though the Daytona International Speedway holds 147,000 people each year for the Daytona 500 alone, it doesn’t make the cut as a result of Walt Disney World being in Florida.